Satisfice Inc.

"Epistemology for the rest of us"

Rapid Testing Intensive #1 July 2012

Orcas
Island, Washington

A software testing practicum experience with James & Jon Bach in
July 2012

For the first time, many participated in an
immersive testing experience, RTI #1, with the Bach brothers: the men who
created the Session-Based Test Management and
Rapid Software Testing
methodologies. About 88 participated online, where it provided an
experience to see how the modern theory of testing met practical work.

"We performed real-time test coaching and tested real
software. It was the most vivid, realistic testing experience
that my brother and I could imagine doing in 5 days"
-James Bach

Applying the Lessons of Rapid Testing Intensive
Onliner Jeff Lucas's blog post describing his experience with RTI#1.Two
Atlassian Representatives, Andrew Prentice and Mark Hrynczak, were on the floor, in full
participation with the group of Testers onsite!
We were honored to have them. We used their tools to administer the
Intensive, and it helped make the Project a
success! Thanks to them and Atlassian for their
generous support.

Satisfice Trainer Paul Holland assisted at RTI!

Paul Holland, as mentioned on
James' recent blog post, joined us in July! He is a new
trainer for Satisfice's RST Class. Paul is a gifted test manager
formerly of Alcatel, and is famous for his facilitation skills at
context-driven peer conferences. He's the facilitator-in-chief at
CAST conferences, and a pillar of the WOPR conference. More on Paul
Holland here. Welcome, Paul!

Another Software Testing Celebrity joined the
RTI Crew!

Karen N.
Johnson is a software test consultant and was onsite to assist with the online participants.
She is frequent speaker at conferences. Karen is a contributing
author to the book, Beautiful Testing by
O’Reilly publishers. She has published numerous articles and
blogs about her experiences with software testing. She is the
co-founder of the WREST workshop, more information on WREST can be
found at:
http://www.wrestworkshop.com

Robert Sabourin joined us at this
event!

Robert
Sabourin is the creator of Just-In-Time testing methodology and
a leading thinker in the Context-Driven testing school.
He has more than thirty years
of management experience, leading teams of software development
professionals. A well-respected member of the software engineering
community, Robert has managed, trained, mentored and coached
thousands of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at
conferences and writes on software engineering, testing,
management, and internationalization. The author of "I am a Bug!", the
popular software testing children’s book, Robert is an adjunct
professor of Software Engineering at McGill University. Robert
is the principle consultant (&president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc.

"The days were filled with
insights, discovery and many great “aha moments”. The evenings were
filled with friendly debate about what we were learning about
software engineering, what we were learning about testing and most
of all what we were learning about ourselves. The camaraderie,
conferring and community have led me to a rich career and much
continuing collaboration. "

--Rob Sabourin, after attending a Satisfice course.
See entire comment on Seminar
page.

Venue &
Accommodations:

Rosario
Resort:
Rosario is a beautiful historic hotel located on Orcas Island,
Washington.

Orcas Island is a beautiful
place to be in the summer!
Traveling to and from the Island during this time does require
some planning due to the high volume of tourists. Ferry lines can
get quite long, so plan ahead!

Once you fly into Seattle-Tacoma Airport (SEA),
you can choose a variety of ways to continue your trip to Orcas
Island.

Via
Float Plane
(Recommended):The Kenmore Air fleet
lands right in front of Rosario!